Downsizing is still the nasty term it has always been, but lately, there's been a sea change in attitudes toward outsourcing.(Forbes - Technology, 11 August 2014)

At 348 pages, it's a behemoth, but it warranted a closer look because 2013 represented a sea change for individual income taxes.(Forbes - Entrepreneurs, 26 August 2015)

The other day, I wrote about how the critical reception to The Order 1886 signals a sea change in our expectations about video games.(Forbes - Technology, 27 February 2015)

The victory of a gay candidate amounts to a sea change in conservative Poland, where the Catholic Church wields enormous political power.(The New York Times - World News, 2 December 2014)

A sea change moment for investment management companies should prompt investors to examine the approach behind how their money is invested.(The New York Times - Business, 18 July 2014)

FKA Twigs is among the female winners at the Music Producers Guild Awards, marking a sea change in a profession typically dominated by men.(BBC News - Entertainment & Arts, 4 February 2016)

For the first time in 20 years, New York welcomed a Democrat as mayor in an inauguration that registered a sea changein the city’s politics.(Fox News - Politics, 1 January 2014)

The Shanghai-HK stock connect got under way Monday, a sea change that will crack open China's A-share market, potentially ending its long downturn.(CNBC, 16 November 2014)

The discovery of what may be the world's largest gas field off the Egyptian coast could be a sea change for the North African country, Italy's Eni said.(UPI - Energy Resources, 31 August 2015)

A bill under review in the Mexican Senate to give private companies a role in the energy sector could bring a sea change to the industry, an investor said.(UPI - Energy Resources, 10 December 2013)

Of course, Swiss banking has experienced a sea change since UBS paid a $780 million fine and reached a deferred prosecution agreement with American authorities.(Forbes - Business, 30 November 2013)

The Australian energy sector is in the midst of a sea change, with investors retooling their strategies to focus on unconventional gas, industry officials said.(UPI - Energy Resources, 8 April 2014)

Shakespeare’s late romance “The Tempest” itself undergoes a sea change in the inventive production of the play at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.(The New York Times - Arts, 2 June 2014)

Jeff Sessions to attorney general and several of his former staff installed at the White House and federal agencies, immigration policy experts are sensing a sea change in Washington.(CNN - U.S. News, 17 February 2017)

DOMINIC KING: Liverpool have faced a real struggle to retain their best talents in recent years, but Philippe Coutinho's decision to sign a long-term contract could represent a sea change.(Daily Mail - Sport, 25 January 2017)

Nintendo Co. racked up a nine-month operating loss on dismal sales of its flagship Wii U videogame console, as it faces mounting pressure to reveal a new strategy amid a sea change in the industry.(The Wall Street Journal - U.S. Business, 29 January 2014)

San Francisco has been going through a sea change in the last decade, with moneyed tech workers and development interests threatening to oust the last bastions of its outsider art and music culture.(Los Angeles Times - Pop & Hiss, 18 September 2015)

Andrew Lack, the first chief executive of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, represents a sea change for the agency, which oversees United States government-supported civilian international news media.(The New York Times - U.S. News, 21 January 2015)

While predicting a sea change in how Canadians get their TV programming, one of the country's biggest cable-service providers rejects the idea of allowing viewers to pay for television channels one at a time.(The Vancouver Sun - Business, 11 September 2014)

A series of victories by Islamist rebels against the Syrian regime is raising the prospect of a sea change in the momentum of a war in which the endurance of Bashar al-Assad has for years seemed to many as a given.(CNN - World News, 3 May 2015)

Target is bringing in a PepsiCo executive, Brian Cornell, as its new CEO, turning to an outsider for the first time in its history to repair a battered corporate culture and navigate a sea change in shopping habits.(The Wall Street Journal - U.S. Business, 31 July 2014)

Day by day, we are witnessing a sea change in Britain, as free-thinking politicians and the public are waking up to the deeply chilling implications of the three main parties’ efforts to impose statutory controls on the Press.(Daily Mail - News, 16 October 2013)

The Democratic presidential candidates have thrust gun control forward as a dominant issue for the national election, crystallising a sea change in the politics of a controversial subject often avoided by recent Democratic nominees.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 15 October 2015)

Online shopping may be the new norm — especially when it comes to scouring for good deals — but a new report finds that, despite a sea change in consumer behavior, American shoppers still fancy the old-fashioned, bricks-and-mortar experience.(Los Angeles Times - Business, 21 December 2016)

Long-awaited U.S. DOT guidelines for autonomous vehicles unveiled today mark a sea change in how the federal government will approach the groundbreaking technology and reveal a more proactive role by auto safety regulators and greater cooperation with automakers and others in the space.(Forbes - Business, 20 September 2016)